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Checklist for Subfamily Emesinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Thread-legged bugs)
and region South America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1015
31826
191976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1012
31805
191924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
929
31274
189459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
215
4692
23577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
153
4090
20228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
227
1480
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
227
1480
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmesinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Thread-legged bugs
27
209
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
27 Genera with 209 Species
#BDEGHILMPS
Barce Stål, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Belosternella Maldonado & ..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Bergemesa Wygodzinsky, 19256SpeciesTaxom
Dohrnemesa Wygodzinsky, 19459SpeciesTaxom
Emesa Dohrn, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Emesaya McAtee & Mal..., 19257SpeciesTaxom
Emesella Dohrn, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Emesopsis Uhler, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Empicoris Wolff, 175812SpeciesTaxom
Gardena Dohrn, 192510SpeciesTaxom
Ghilianella Spinola, 202046SpeciesTaxom
Ghinallelia Wygodzinsky, 197026SpeciesTaxom
Hybomatocoris Wygodzinsky, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Ischnobaena Stål, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Liaghinella Wygodzinsky, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Malacopus Stål, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Mayemesa Wygodzinsky, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Metapterus Costa, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Panamia Kirkaldy, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Phasmatocoris Breddin, 200716SpeciesTaxom
Ploiaria Scopoli, 192515SpeciesTaxom
Polauchenia McAtee & Mal..., 19686SpeciesTaxom
Protogardena Wygodzinsky, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Pseudometapterus Wygodzinsky, 196612SpeciesTaxom
Stalemesa Wygodzinsky, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Stenolemoides McAtee and M..., 19662SpeciesTaxom
Stenolemus Signoret, 194324SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
209 Species and 2 Subspecies
Barce fraterna Say, 1832
Barce fraterna banksii Baker, 1910
Belosternella surinamensis Maldonado & ..., 1996Pale Townsend's big-eared bat
Bergemesa brachmanni Berg, 1884
Bergemesa kuscheli Wygodzinsky, 1950
Bergemesa pacifica Wygodzinsky, 1950
Bergemesa proseni Wygodzinsky, 1950
Bergemesa reedi Wygodzinsky, 1950
Bergemesa stramineipes McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Dohrnemesa albuquerquei Wygodzinsky, 1966
Dohrnemesa buyassuana Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Dohrnemesa carvalhoi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Dohrnemesa difficilis Dohrn, 1860
Dohrnemesa feminata Wygodzinsky, 1946
Dohrnemesa kuarajucassaba Gil-Santana ..., 2017
Dohrnemesa lanei Wygodzinsky, 1945
Dohrnemesa oliveirai Gil-Santana ..., 2016
Dohrnemesa santosi Wygodzinsky, 1945
Emesa mourei Wygodzinsky, 1945
Emesaya affinis Dohrn, 1860
Emesaya anduzei Wygodzinsky, 1945
Emesaya apiculata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesaya brevipennis Say, 1832Big western bittercress
Emesaya manni McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesaya modica McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesaya pollex McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesella immitis Bergroth, 1906
Emesella nebulosa Dohrn, 1859
Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893Thread-legged bug
Empicoris armatus Champion, 1898
Empicoris armatus brasilensis Maldonado, 1992
Empicoris barberi McAtee & Mal..., 1923
Empicoris culiciformis De Geer, 1773
Empicoris errabundus Say, 1832
Empicoris mirabundus Wygodzinsky, 1966
Empicoris nudus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Empicoris orthoneuron McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Empicoris priscus Grillo & Alayo, 1979
Empicoris reticulatus
Empicoris rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1888Thread bug
Empicoris vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
Gardena agrippina McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena americana Champion, 1898
Gardena barbiellini Piza, 1944
Gardena denieri Wygodzinsky, 1953Bridges' gilia
Gardena domitia McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena eutropia McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena faustina McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena marcia McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena pipara McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena pyrallis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella (Ghilianella) globulata McAtee & Mal..., 1898Big western bittercress
Ghilianella (Ghilianella) uncinata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella (Plooedonyx) glabrata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella amicula McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella andersoni Haviland, 1931
Ghilianella approximata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella aracataca McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella assanutrix Bergroth, 1906
Ghilianella atriclava Bergroth, 1911Giant pangasius
Ghilianella australis Maldonado, 1992
Ghilianella beckeri Gil-Santana, 2009
Ghilianella bethei Dohrn, 1863
Ghilianella borgmeieri Wygodzinsky, 1966
Ghilianella brevicornis Haviland, 1931
Ghilianella calva Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella calymmata Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella clavellata Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella filiventris Spinola, 1852
Ghilianella grapta Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella ica McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella ignorata Dohrn, 1860
Ghilianella inconspicua Maldonado, 1968
Ghilianella insidiatrix Bergroth, 1922
Ghilianella lissa
Ghilianella megharpacta Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella mirabilis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella nanna
Ghilianella oblongata Maldonado, 1993
Ghilianella ornata Maldonado, 1966
Ghilianella pachitea McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella panamana Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella perigynium McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella peruviana McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella perversa McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella punctata Maldonado, 1968
Ghilianella puncticauda Maldonado, 1953
Ghilianella recondita McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella rhabita
Ghilianella signata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella similata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella spinicaudata Maldonado, 1960
Ghilianella stipitata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella subglobulata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella sulcata Maldonado, 1953
Ghilianella undata Maldonado, 1968
Ghilianella weirauchae Castro-Huert..., 2020
Ghinallelia aliena McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia alterata McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia alveola McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia atabapo Maldonado, 1953
Ghinallelia bicolor Maldonado, 1966
Ghinallelia brasiliensis Dohrn, 1860
Ghinallelia campulligaster Maldonado, 1960
Ghinallelia claviventris Bergroth, 1906
Ghinallelia galapagensis Heidemann, 1901
Ghinallelia globifera Bergroth, 1906
Ghinallelia leleuporum Villiers, 1978
Ghinallelia lissa Maldonado, 1953
Ghinallelia mariae Wygodzinsky, 1954
Ghinallelia minimula McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia nana Maldonado, 1960
Ghinallelia nigra Maldonado, 1968
Ghinallelia pascoei Bergroth, 1906
Ghinallelia personata McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia rhabdita Maldonado, 1960
Ghinallelia schaeferi Villiers, 1978
Ghinallelia semipallida Bergroth, 1906
Ghinallelia succincta McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Ghinallelia usingeri Villiers, 1970
Ghinallelia vagvolgyiana Villiers, 1978
Ghinallelia vagvolgyianus Villiers, 1978
Ghinallelia wygodzinskyi Villiers, 1970
Hybomatocoris penai Wygodzinsky, 1966
Liaghinella andina Forero, 2007
Liaghinella heldamariae Castro-Huert..., 2017
Liaghinella tuberculata Forero & Cas..., 2017
Malacopus cellularis Stål, 1860
Malacopus romani Wygodzinsky, 1947
Malacopus schubarti Wygodzinsky, 1950
Mayemesa lapinhaensis Wygodzinsky, 1950
Mayemesa paraensis Wygodzinsky, 1944
Mayemesa willineri Wygodzinsky, 1950
Panamia brasilensis Maldonado, 1992
Phasmatocoris borgmeieri Wygodzinsky, 1945
Phasmatocoris breddini Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris catarinae Gil-Santana, 2015
Phasmatocoris diffinis McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Phasmatocoris galvaoi Gil-Santana, 2015
Phasmatocoris magdalenae Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris minor McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Phasmatocoris moraballi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris papei Gil-Santana, 2018
Phasmatocoris patquianus Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris praecellens Bergroth, 1911
Phasmatocoris rapax McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Phasmatocoris spectrum Breddin, 1904
Phasmatocoris sturmi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966
Phasmatocoris xavieri Gil-Santana,..., 2007
Ploiaria (Luteva) brunnea McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria alexanderi Wygodzinsky, 1954
Ploiaria antipodum Bergroth, 1927
Ploiaria buscki Wygodzinsky, 1925
Ploiaria carvalhoi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Ploiaria chilensis Philippi, 1862
Ploiaria denieri Wygodzinsky, 1954
Ploiaria geijskesi Wygodzinsky, 1945
Ploiaria longa Maldonado, 1972
Ploiaria macrophthalma Dohrn, 1860Thread-legged bug
Ploiaria palmarum Maldonado, 1974
Ploiaria penai Wygodzinsky, 1954
Ploiaria plaumanni Wygodzinsky, 1966
Ploiaria reticulata Baker, 1910
Ploiaria sicaria McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Polauchenia biannulata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Polauchenia marcapata Wygodzinsky, 1966
Polauchenia paraprotentor Gil-Santana ..., 2017
Polauchenia protentor McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Polauchenia schubarti Wygodzinsky, 1950
Polauchenia unicornis Maldonado, 1968
Protogardena boliviana Wygodzinsky, 1966
Pseudometapterus addititius Wygodzinsky, 1952
Pseudometapterus argentinus Berg, 1900
Pseudometapterus carioca Wygodzinsky, 1946
Pseudometapterus docilis Wygodzinsky, 1951
Pseudometapterus fluminensis Wygodzinsky, 1946
Pseudometapterus frutillarensis Wygodzinsky, 1966
Pseudometapterus kuscheli Wygodzinsky, 1951
Pseudometapterus masatierrensis Wygodzinsky, 1951
Pseudometapterus obtusus Piza, 1944
Pseudometapterus oswaldocruzi Wygodzinsky, 1946
Pseudometapterus rosascostai Wygodzinsky, 1951
Pseudometapterus rossi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Stalemesa carvalhoi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Stenolemoides brasiliensis Wygodzinsky, 1947
Stenolemoides oliveirai Wygodzinsky, 1966
Stenolemus anduzei Wygodzinsky, 1947
Stenolemus apiguassu Wygodzinsky ..., 1950
Stenolemus arachniphagus Maldonado & ..., 1966
Stenolemus balachowskyi Villiers, 1971
Stenolemus calilegua Wygodzinsky ..., 1950
Stenolemus carioca Wygodzinsky, 1945
Stenolemus decarloi Wygodzinsky, 1947
Stenolemus duretii Wygodzinsky, 1954
Stenolemus fraterculus Wygodzinsky, 1956
Stenolemus huali Wygodzinsky ..., 1950
Stenolemus interstitialis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Stenolemus lenti Espínola & S..., 1963
Stenolemus minensis Wygodzinsky, 1947
Stenolemus mirabilis Wygodzinsky, 1947
Stenolemus perplexus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Stenolemus pilosus Maldonado, 1975
Stenolemus plaumanni Wygodzinsky, 1943
Stenolemus renatoi Gil-Santana ..., 2000
Stenolemus sarampiuni Wygodzinsky, 1960
Stenolemus teffeanus Wygodzinsky ..., 1950
Stenolemus variatus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Stenolemus vianai Wygodzinsky ..., 1950
Stenolemus wygodzinskyi Espínola, Xa..., 1961
Stenolemus zikani Wygodzinsky, 1943

Subnodes of Emesinae with occurrences in South America
TribeDeliastini
Villiers, 1949
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEmesini
Amyot & Serville, 1843
10
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLeistarchini
Van Duzee, 1916
1
15
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMetapterini
Stål, 1874
9
97
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePloiariolini
Van Duzee, 1916
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Emesinae at itis.gov